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Pure Water Handbook
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Notice
Osmonics has made a serious effort to provide accurate information in this book.
However, as in all publications, the possibility exists for errors and misprints in
the text. Variations in data may also occur depending on field conditions. Infor-
mation in this guide should only be used as a general guide. Osmonics does not
represent the information as being exact. Please notify us of any errors, omissions
or misprints in this book. Your suggestions for future editions will help to make
this handbook as accurate and informative as possible.
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History of Osmonics...
Osmonics was founded in 1969 by D. Dean Spatz as an industrially-oriented
crossflow pany. pany focused on bringing pioneering
reverse osmosis/ultrafiltration (RO/UF) technology into the mainstream of fluid
purification. In 1970, Osmonics manufactured its first spiral-wound membrane
elements called sepralators, which have e the standard to which other
RO/UF configurations pared. pleted its initial public stock
offering in October 1971 to finance equipment for membrane manufacturing.
Throughout the early 1970’s, Osmonics pioneered a variety of membrane applica-
tion firsts, including: the first sugar recovery unit; first system for reclaiming oily
industrial wastes; mercial UF for whey fractionation using spiral-wound
membrane elements; first RO zero-discharge waste water treatment system; first
RO for boiler feed pretreatment; first RO system to recover photography waste;
and one of the first demonstrations of RO as a viable alternative to d